J 0006/86 (Withdrawal - abandonment) of 28.1.1987

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1987:J000686.19870128
Date of decision: 28 January 1987
Case number: J 0006/86
Application number: 80902337.7
IPC class: A61K 37/48
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: Method of enzymatic debridgement
Applicant name: Riker
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.1.01
Headnote: 1. A statement "applicant wishes to abandon this application" may be considered as unambiguous withdrawal of a European patent application if nothing in the circumstances under which the statement was made could be taken as qualifying such an interpretation.
2. Article 125 EPC is only applicable in the absence of relevant procedural provisions in the Convention. It is not applicable when the question submitted to the Board is only a question of interpretation of a specific statement made to the EPO by an applicant for a European patent.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 125
Keywords: Withdrawal - abandonment
Interpretation of a specific statement
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
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Citing decisions:
J 0010/01
J 0011/16
T 0803/03

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/j860006ex1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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